Dispensing-can.



W. 1". PIERCE DISPENSING CAN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11,

. Patented May 21, 1912.

s y e n r 0 t WILLIS F. YIERCE, OF SEATTLE. WASHINGTON.

DISPENSING-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May21', 1912.

Application filed September 11, 1911. Serial No. 648,671.

foe-ll whom it may concern- Be it known that. I, \Vua is F. France. acitizen of the United States, residing at' Seattle, in the county ofKing and State of lvashington. have invented a new and usefulDispensingCan, of which the following is a specification. I

It is the object of the present invention to provide a device which maybe attached to the outside of a container of any sort. to. t'acilitatethe removal of the contents of the container, the device being socmistructed that when it is not in use, it may be folded up intoapproximate parallelism with the side wall of the container.

A further object of the invention is to pro vid 'a device of thischaracter having a frangible closure, the device including a deliverytrough which may be folded upwardly to serve as a protection fortheclosure.

iVith thet'oregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and clain'icd, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying tlrawings,- -Figure 1 shows in perspective, aportion of a receptacle equipped with the device. constituting thesubject-twitter ot' the present invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the structure shown in Fig. t; Fig. 3 is a perspective showing theportion of the device folded upwardly against thev receptacle, and thereretained; and Fig. l is a section upon the. line A-B of Fig.

In ,the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 denotes generally. areceptacle which may be of any shapc, and which may be fashioned fromany material. In the receptacle 1 there are one or more openings 2,closed by a frangible covering 3 which may be located upon the outsideof the receptacle 1. The frangible closure 3 may be fashioned from paperglass, or other material which will puucturc more readily than will theside wall of the receptacle 1.

The iuvcution further includes a delivery member. comprising a bodyportion land a foldable trough t3, the body 1- and the trough 6 beingpreferably fashioned in one piece, of flexible material. The body tisordinarily secured to the outer wall of the receptacle 1, over thefrangible closure 3, and upon the outer face of the body 4 may besecured a reinforcing plate 5, the plate 5 and the body -t havingopenings alining with the openings 2 in the receptacle 1, so that the't'rangible closure 3 may be readily accessible. At its outer end, thetrough is equipped with a delivery notch T. facilitating the pourin awayof the contents of the receptacle 1. g flexible sealing strip 8 issecured to the lower face of the trough (3, transversely of the same,the strip 8 extending terminally beyond the side edges of the trough 6.If desired, the strip 8 may be provided adjacent its ends with adhesivematerial, indicated at 10. It may be noted at this point thatowing tothe fact that the sealing strip 8 extends across the notch 7, the trough6 will be prevented from splitting lnickwardly, from the apex of thenotch 7.

When the parts are disposed as shown 'in Figs. 1 and 2. the trough 6 maybe swung upwardly. into approximate parallelism with the body 4, toconstitute a closure for the openings Jfand to constitute a protectionfor the frangible closure 3; The adhesive material upon the ends of the,strip 8 will permit the strip to be. assembled with the receptacle 1. asshown in Fig. 3, thereby to maintain the trough 6 in the position abovespecified.

When it is desired to remove the contents of the receptacle, theflexible strip 8 is broken, permitting the trough 6 to be, lowered intothe position shown in Fig. 4. The frangible closure 3 is then broken,whcre upon the contents of the receptacle may be poured away, thecontents of the receptacle flowing through the opening. into the trough(l.

llaviug thus described the invention, whatis claimed is:--- 4 1. In -adevice of the class described. a delivery member comprising a body and afoldable trough; and a flexible dtrip extended transversely of thetrough and protruding at both ends beyond the trough. the strip beinglocated at the discharge end of the trough to. prevent a splitting ofthe discharge endot' the trough those portions of the strip whichprotrude )cyondthe trough constitptiug means for securing the trough inparallelism with the body.

2. In a device of the class described, a delivery mcmber comprising abody and a foldable trough; and a flexible strip extended transverselyof the trough and protruding at both ends beyond the trough, the stripbeing located at the discharge end of the trough to prevent a splittingthereof, said ends being provided with adhesive material,

3. In a device of the class described, a delivery member fashioned froma single plate there being an opening in the body at one side of thecrease; and a frangible closure for the -opening.

4. In a device of the class described, a delivery member comprising abody and a foldable trou '11; there being an opening in the body; a.rangible closure for the opening; and a sealing member carried by thetrough and extended beyond both the end and lateral edges of the trough,the'trough being foldable into parallelism Wit the body, to house theclosure, and to cause the sealing member to extend beyond the end of thebody. P

5. In'a device of the class described, a tielivery member comprising ina one piece structure a body and a foldable trough; the

body having an opening therein; a frangible G. In a device of the classdescribed, a delivery member comprising a body and a foldable trough,the trough having a delivery notch at its outer end; and a flexiblestrip secured to the trough and extended across -the notch, the ends ofthe strip projecting beyond the trough, the ends of the strip havingmeans to engage the receptacle Where- With the delivery member isassembled, thereby to hold the trough and the body in approximateparallelism.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses WILLIS F. PIERCE.

Witnesses:

Mama E. HOLLAND,

VV M. Coornn.

